If you are anything like me, you love stocking your classroom bookshelves full of books for your students to explore. But, what about cleaning out your library? Hold up. We should be taking books OUT of our library? Yes, you read that right. Removing books from a classroom library can be just as ... Read More
Teach Your Students How to Find the Right Books
To become life-long readers, students need to learn how to select books on their own. We need to provide them the opportunity to choose their own books. It is also important to model a variety of ways to go about choosing a book to read. Here is a great mini-lesson idea for coming up ... Read More
Finding Quality Picture Books to Share in your Classroom
As teachers, we know that reading books aloud to our students is SO important. But sometimes, it's hard to find quality read aloud books! I've gathered a list of resources to help you find new and powerful books to share with your students. The Nerdy Book Club The Nerdy Book Club is a blog ... Read More
Connecting Your Students with Authors
Connecting students with the authors who write their favorite books can be a very powerful tool! Not only will it inspire them as readers, but as writers as well. After reading book(s) by a particular author, find a way for students to connect with the writer to bring his or her stories to ... Read More
How to Plan a Virtual Visit with an Author
Last week, I posted about inviting an author to come visit your school. It is an inspiring way to gt your students engaged in both reading and writing. However, that can often be expensive and a lot of work to put together. Luckily, technology offers us another option that is more cost and ... Read More
How to Plan an Author Visit at Your School
Inviting an author to come and speak at your school is a wonderful way to motivate the readers and writers in your classroom. They are experts in the craft of storytelling and can provide your students with incredible inspiration. In order to have a successful author visit at your ... Read More